incorrect. i have several boxes with NICs that require the tulip chipet drivers. i have it compiled into the kernel. i am running a custom 2.4.18 kernel.
_______________________________________________________________________ David Anthony Hacker Computer Systems Consultant Media Union On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Nathan Ingersoll wrote: > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 01:03:58AM -0300, Cesar Cardoso is quoted as saying: > > Hi all, > > I have a PowerMac 5500/250 with the built-in Ethernet card (a Tulip > > one). Kernel is 2.4.19-rc1-ben0. > > I never managed to make the Ethernet card work right on GNU/Linux, > > previously on YDL and also on Debian. > > If I load the "tulip" module, it finds the wrong MAC and doesn't work at > > all. > > If I load the "de4x5" module, it works for a short time. After a few > > minutes, I have to restart networking because it loses contact with the > > other computers on the network. > > > > I've read that the Tulip code on the kernel is borked. > > > > Do I need to buy an PCI card (like a RTL8139-based one) to make > > networking work right? > > > > -- > > Cesar Cardoso - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.cesarcardoso.tk > > "T? a? a lua. Que beleza! Ser? crescente ou decrescente? Decrescente, ? > > claro" > > (Galv?o Bueno) > > This sounds similar to problems reported on the 6500, you may want to try > modifying de4x5.c with the attached patch. This just implements the fix that > benh described a few months ago. > > To use, cd linux/drivers/net and then: > > patch -p0 < /path/to/patch/de4x5.patch > > Hopefully, this will fix your problems. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Nathan Ingersoll | Computer Science/Mathematics | > | mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | University of Minnesota-Duluth | > | http://umn.edu/~ningerso | http://www.d.umn.edu | > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
